Chapter 307: Stolen Goods

Chapter 307: Stolen Goods

Chapter 307: Stolen Goods
yesterday evening.

Fan Wumian sent someone to send the two gold coins to Yanjing. The appraisal result has come out, confirming that they are objects from the Qianlong period.

It was once one of the forty scenic spots in the Old Summer Palace. Its full name is "Jiuzhou Qingyan Prayer for Blessings and Home Protection Gold Coins". There are a total of 12 coins, and the words on each coin are different.

According to museum experts, this set of gold coins has been stored in the museum for a long time since it was looted from Britain in 1860 and was well preserved. It fell into private hands in the s and s and its whereabouts have been unknown since then.

After inquiring about the situation, Pu Jiajing and Brother Qian were unable to make a decision. They made excuses and said they needed to think about it and returned to the business car.

When the clerk introduced that the set of gold coins had been blessed by a Maoshan Taoist priest, Fan Wumian said happily:

"Nonsense. I looked through it carefully yesterday and found that it said 'In the 25th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the Old Summer Palace was peaceful and tranquil'. Even if it was really consecrated, it should have nothing to do with the Maoshan Taoist priests."

Assistant Pu Jiajing said with a smile:
"The boss has come into contact with Emperor Qianlong's shroud, so I'm afraid he got entangled with him. Otherwise, how could he come across his things again?"

"Pfft! Don't say that. But in the past, zombie movies were all about ministers and ordinary people. I have a bold idea."

The person who spoke was the bodyguard Brother Qian, who had obviously not been beaten by the mainland's censorship system.

However, Fan Wumian has seen unlucky people who worked hard to shoot dozens of episodes of costume dramas, only to find out in the end that the entire main storyline was damaged due to the distorted history, and even modifications were not allowed, resulting in hundreds of millions of investments being wasted.

He quickly shook his head and said:
"Forget about this kind of story. The clerk mentioned that two coins were sold for more than 300,000 yuan. Can we bargain? Who did you sell the two gold coins to?"

What if you only collect ten gold coins and can't buy the remaining two to complete a set? It would be really frustrating for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Fan Wumian doesn’t have such a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, but he still feels uncomfortable thinking about it.

The bodyguard Qian Ge told:
"In a store like this, bargaining is absolutely fine. If the clerk says it's selling for over 300,000, that's not necessarily true. I asked the clerk where the rest was, and she told me she didn't know."

Pu Jiajing also said:
"I think you should personally come forward and discuss with the store owner. They opened the store to do business, but they actually tried to ruin your Feng Shui. Now that you have come to their door, they should naturally apologize."

Thinking of Li Mingfo, who has been enjoying great success recently and has become a guest of honor for all the wealthy businessmen, Fan Wumian shook his head:

"Once I show up, they will think this set of gold coins is valuable. The price is not expensive anyway, so it's better not to make things complicated."

"Well, buy the eight gold coins first, and then I'll keep a low profile and slowly look for the remaining two."

"They dared to ask for such a high price, which means they knew it was a good product, but since they had no reference price, they didn't know how much they should sell it for. It might be true that they spent millions of Hong Kong dollars to get it."

It makes sense.

Pu Jiajing asked again: "So how much is this set of gold coins worth?"

".I'm not sure, but if it's in my hands, it should be worth some money with my fame, and I can make several times the profit if I buy it back."

Fan Wumian had never consulted any experts on this matter. He just felt that this set of Qianlong blessing gold coins was unique and related to the Old Summer Palace, so it had a high collection value.

Brother Qian then asked:

"Two coins are priced at 38, which means one coin is 19. If we buy them together, the total is... ..."

I silently sighed at his well-developed limbs.

Pu Jiajing said:

"The total price is 152 million Hong Kong dollars. I don't know how much I can bargain for, but I think I should be able to get around 130 million or 120 million."

In Fan Wumian's eyes, this amount of money was just a drop in the bucket:
"Then bargain for 100 million Hong Kong dollars first, and ask the merchant to write an invoice and receipt. The more auspicious ones will be picked out first, and the rest may be sold at a lower price. I will give you red envelopes when you come back."

After listening.

Pu Jiajing got out of the car with great interest, and then he remembered something and asked him, "How do we pay after we have negotiated the price?"

"Call me and I'll ask the accountant to arrange the transfer."

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The owner of Xingyutang is named Lou Dehai.

Several generations of the Lou family had been in the feng shui and fortune-telling business and had accumulated a lot of resources. When Li Chaoren married his first wife, he even asked Lou Dehai's father to calculate her horoscope.

Later, Li Chaoren became very rich and powerful. Lou Dehai repeatedly mentioned this matter to others. Over time, his business expanded. The three shops alone were worth 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

Doing business by talking can make huge profits without any investment. Any Feng Shui master who can make a name for himself in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia is usually quite rich.

Lou Dehai was playing mahjong with his friends when he received a call from his second son, asking whether he could sell 8 gold coins that a customer offered for 115 million yuan.

He deliberately said loudly:
"I bought it for 80 yuan, and I've made 115 or yuan. Of course I have to sell the rest if someone wants it! What's more, the price is million yuan! The goods are not money in hand, but they are sold. This is pure profit."

After hearing these words, the fair-skinned middle-aged woman who was not interested in Lou Dehai subconsciously looked up to him. After hanging up, the middle-aged woman asked tentatively:

"Brother Hai, what kind of goods can you buy for 80 and still make more than a million? Is the profit so high?"

Lou Dehai has no other interests or hobbies. He just likes young women around 30 years old, who are sensible and worry-free and he doesn't have to worry about being pestered.

At this moment, he rolled up his sleeves and said:
"Ajie, are you interested? Then let me tell you something. A few months ago, someone came to my store with a box of gold coins and asked me if I would accept them. I knew they were good stuff after I saw them. They looked like the money used by mountain ghosts in ancient times, but they were a little different."

"12 gold coins. I guess they were placed on the beams of some wealthy family to protect the house. Only princes and ministers could afford to do so. Each gold coin weighs more than grams."

"But the seller also knew the value of the coins and wanted to sell them to me for 100 million Hong Kong dollars. I could see that he was short of money, so I just took out 80 cash from the safe and sold two of them a while ago."

The fair-skinned lady named Ajie asked with interest, "And then?"

Lou Dehai looked around and said proudly:
"I want to tell you something, but you are not allowed to tell anyone else."

"Someone came to me a few days ago and wanted the most powerful magic weapon for winning. He also said it would be best if it could absorb luck and increase his own fortune. As long as the item is useful, I can name any price."

"Then I asked my apprentice to weave a cobra for him out of copper coins. I thought it wasn't impressive enough, so I added two gold coins. It's the one buried in the corner of Fan Wumian's house. I think you all saw it on the news."

"Don't get me wrong. I didn't know they were going to do such a weird thing beforehand, otherwise I would have charged an extra hundred or eighty thousand yuan. I've been annoyed with that guy Li Mingfo for a long time. If he had told me, I would have personally fought him in a duel. There was no way I would have been caught so easily and made a fool of myself."

After saying this, everyone's mind was no longer on mahjong, and everyone asked about the situation, which made Lou Dehai very happy.

As he made a living from this, Lou Dehai certainly didn't believe in the so-called dragon vein fortune. However, when he mentioned Fan Wumian, he still praised his amazing fortune.

After all, Fan Wumian has earned so much since his debut, and his achievements are obvious to all. It would definitely be right to go with the flow.

Lou Dehai never expected that the remaining 8 gold coins in his store were bought by someone sent by Fan Wumian.

I was just feeling emotional about the good money that came my way today. The store made a lot of money, and I also won money playing mahjong. I burned incense and prayed to the God of Wealth in the morning, and it turned out to be the right thing to do.

This is Fan Wumian's side.

He bought the box together with the other items for 8 gold coins. After reading the items, he found that except for the words written on them, everything else was similar.

Since it is unique, there is a high probability that no one will imitate it, so it must be authentic.

After Pu Jiajing and his friends paid the bill, they asked the clerk, but still didn't know who bought the remaining two gold coins.

This is not a problem for Fan Wumian.

Prepare to think of ways to contact the bank and start with the payment account, or find a private detective for help. If that doesn't work, then place a reward in the newspaper.

After reading it with the gold coins in his hand, he felt that the script of "Golden Eyes" needed to be revised again. He could use the movie to promote this set of gold coins, adapt the real events into the movie, and ridicule his opponents at the same time.

With this set of gold coins, the Qianlong shroud, and the jadeite in the backyard, Fan Wumian felt that the film "The Golden Eyes" would be a big hit when it was released before filming even started.

There is almost no need for publicity and promotion costs. These items alone are enough to get the media to spontaneously help promote the product and arouse the curiosity of potential audiences.

Take the car back to the Repulse Bay mansion.

Fan Wumian checked the eight gold coins one by one. They were all placed in a beautifully crafted small round box. There were also two empty boxes and two empty spaces for the boxes that were sold together with the gold coins.

I contacted Mr. Tan as soon as possible and told him that I had found 8 and was still looking for the remaining two.

Mr. Tan waited for him to finish speaking before he slowly spoke:

"Boss Xiao Fan, where did you buy these gold coins? There seems to be something wrong with the source."

".Why do you say that?"

"Because my colleague asked a friend, he heard that this set of gold coins was still in the UK at the beginning of the year, and then it was stolen by a thief during the exhibition. It should be considered stolen goods."

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Fan Wumian felt overwhelmed after hearing this and quickly replied:
"It's none of my business. If you want to find it, go find the thief. I spent real money to buy it. Besides, the things were stolen by British robbers in the early years. How can I put my face back? Even if the king of heaven came, I can't return it. I will be scolded."

After hearing this, Mr. Tan laughed and said:
"You definitely can't return it. This is clearly called returning the property to its original owner. If you can't handle the pressure, why not sell it to our museum?"

moment.

Fan Wumian thought of a story about selling wine, and the words "The water in it is too deep, you can't grasp it" floated through his mind.

How could he not guess what Mr. Tan was thinking? He said hurriedly:
"Forget it. Such a big responsibility is not suitable for an unemployed person like me to shoulder. I didn't know they were stolen goods, and you never told me that I was calling you while sleepwalking."

(End of this chapter)